An individual being, including those from any of the six realms of samsaric existence, as well as arhats and Buddhas. A noncongruent affecting variable, synonymous with a conventional "me."

Tib: gang-zagSkt: pudgala

persönliche Anleitungen

personal instructions

Advice on how to practice meditation, emphasizing the quintessential points.

Tib: zhal-lung

Pfad

path

See: pathway mind

Pfad der Ansammlung

path of accumulation

See: building-up pathway mind

Pfad der Anwendung

path of application

See: applying pathway mind

Pfad der Meditation

path of meditation

See: accustoming pathway mind

Pfad der Vorbereitung

path of preparation

See: applying pathway mind

Pfad des Aufbauens

path of building up

See: building-up pathway mind

Pfad des keinen weiteren Trainings

path of no further training

See: pathway mind needing no further training

Pfad des Sehens

path of seeing

See: seeing pathway mind

Pfad des Sich-Gewöhnens

path of accustoming

See: accustoming pathway mind

Pfadgeist

pathway mind

A level or state of mind that acts or functions as a pathway toward liberation or enlightenment. Some translators render this term as "path," but it refers to mental states, not to a series of spiritual practices. Also called: pathway of mind.

Tib: lamSkt: marga

Pfadgeist

pathway of mind

See: pathway mind

Pfadgeist, der keines weiteren Trainings mehr bedarf

pathway mind needing no further training

The level of mind of shravaka arhats, pratyekabuddha arhats, and Buddhas, with which they have attained their respective purified states (bodhi) of liberation or enlightenment, and which require no further training in order to attain that purified state. Other translators sometimes render this term as "path of no learning."

The level of mind of arya sharavakas, arya pratyekabuddhas, and arya bodhisattvas with which they first attain a joined pair of shamatha and vipashyana focused nonconceptually on voidness -- or, in general, on the sixteen aspects of the four noble truths -- and with which they rid themselves of one or both sets of doctrinally based obscurations. Often translated as "path of seeing."

The type of karmic force associated with a constructive action and which ripens intermittently into transitory happiness. Some translators render it as "merit." See: karmic force.

Tib: bsod-namsSkt: punya

positive Kraft

positive force

See: positive karmic force

positive Potenziale

positive potential

See: positive karmic force

Potenzial, karmisches

potential, karmic

See: karmic potential

Praktizierender, hoch verwirklichter

practitioner, highly realized

See: arya

Pratimoksha-Gelübde

pratimoksha vows

The vows of either a layman or laywoman, a novice or full monk, or a provisional, novice, or full nun. The ethical self-discipline of keeping them purely provides the basis for the individual being keeping them to attain liberation from samsara.

Tib: so-thar sdom-paSkt: pratimokshasamvara

Pratyekabuddha

pratyekabuddha

Literally, "self-realizers" or "self-evolvers" - practitioners of the Hinayana vehicle who, motivated by renunciation, strive to attain liberation from uncontrollably recurring rebirth (samsara) and to become an arhat (liberated being). They live during dark ages when the teachings of a Buddha are no longer available. They do not study with Buddhist spiritual teachers, because there are none at such times, and they teach others only subtly, through gestures, since people are not receptive. Living either singly ("like a rhinoceros") or in small groups, they must rely on their instincts from previous lives to recall and master the Dharma. Some translators render the term as "solitary Buddhas."

Tib: rang-rgyalSkt: pratyekabuddha

Pratyekabuddha-Arhat

pratyekabuddha arhat

A pratyekabuddha that has attained liberation. See also: pratyekabuddha.